William Kellett Baker b. c.1806

Also known as I. W. R.
  • Artist (Printmaker)
A trained engraver, William Kellett Baker sold lithographic - often unauthorised prints of works by well known colonial artists including William Henry Fernyhough. As a publisher and printer who also imported and sold books, Baker established a reading room and library above his printing office in 1844, offering access to his collection of international periodicals for the annual sum of 10 shillin
Name
William Kellett Baker
Also known as I. W. R.
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Books, Prints and Stationery Dealer (ANZSIC code: 42)
  • Publisher (ANZSIC code: J)
  • Clerk to the Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals & Medical Board (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • Engraver (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
c.1806
Birth place
Dublin, Ireland
Death date
16 January 1857
Death place
Mount Vincent, Maitland, NSW
Burial place
St Peter's Old Burial Ground, East Maitland, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1835 - c.1857
Arrival
  • 1835 (Arrived Sydney, NSW)
Residence
  • c.1857- Maitland, NSW
  • c.1851 - c.1853 Victoria
  • 1835 - 1851 New South Wales
  • c.1806 - c.1835 Dublin, Ireland
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870